She lives with her mother and two young children in a one-bedroom apartment, working odd and demanding hours at minimum wage, barely making ends meet. Now that her mother is ill and can no longer help her care for her children, she must leave her job and move her family into a shelter.
poverty
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An analysis of the 2013 Census Bureau poverty report which shows that poverty rates are declining but still remain high, espeically for women, as the gender poverty gap persists.
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At the time of the 50th anniversary of the "War on Poverty" famously declared by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a new report released by The Shriver Report, A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink, is bringing media attention to the issues of women and poverty that Legal Momentum has long championed.
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A report on women and poverty 50 years after President Johnson famously declared war on poverty in the United States in his January 8, 1964 State of the Union Message.
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Legal Momentum mourns the death of Nobel prize winner Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, political prisoner, and
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Legal Momentum works to raise awareness of the issue of how poverty disproportionately affects women in the United States. This week, The Nation's blog has highlighted our expertise in their article "5 Things You May Have Missed on Poverty Day."